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Small Models, Big Impact: Why Lean AI Architectures Are Gaining Enterprise Favor

Big models. Everyone loves talking about them. Trillion parameters. Amazing engineering. But most companies do not need that. Internal docs, emails, simple queries. Do you really need GPT-4 for that? It is like taking a Ferrari to plow a field. Overkill. Expensive. Slow. That is why AI right-sizing is taking off. Picking the right model for the right task. Not bigger just because you can. Small Language Models, or SLMs, are the Goldilocks option. Fast, efficient, safe. Low latency. High performance. Costs far less. Keeps your data private. This article will show why big models are hitting a wall, what small models really are, how enterprises can use them, and where they shine. We will walk through real business cases, practical strategies, and future directions. It is not theory. McKinsey…